Posts Tagged ‘fantasy college football’

FSB Daily 12/5: Fantasy Postseason, Gossip Leagues

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– Your fantasy college football season doesn’t have to end with regular-season games and conference championships. FantasyPostseason.com has opened up registration for its bowl-focused game.

– The celebrity-centered fantasy format got a recent mainstream-media nod with this writeup by the Detroit Free Press.

– Hey, fantasy isn’t just for nerds? It’s for teenage violin prodigies as well …

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FSB Daily 11/3: Fantasy College Blitz, Sports Buff in Vegas, FF Librarian Poll

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– Ladd Biro of the Dallas Morning News takes a look back at what his draft board should have looked like from the fifth spot in a 10-team, “standard”-scoring fantasy football league.

– Vince Mullins of FantasyCollegeBlitz.com and some of his industry peers are into the playoff portion of their pro-am tournament that will donate $400 to a charity chosen by the winner. Don’t look now, but the “amateurs” make up more than 80 percent of the six-team playoff field.

– This year’s top finishers in SportsBuff.com fantasy baseball headed to Vegas before the MLB playoffs to enjoy the spoils and pick their post-season teams. Here’s a look at the strategy they took into the draft and the regular-season salary-cap game.

– The Fantasy Football Librarian wants to find out in November who her readers like to go to for their fantasy advice. (No one would hold it against you if you felt compelled to vote for this guy in the “start/sit” category.)

– Here’s another reviewer who didn’t like FX’s new comedy “The League” and wishes it had taken its fantasy football a bit more seriously.

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FSB Daily 6/9: Silly Little Game, Cricket, Golf, Fantasy College Blitz

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– The crew for the upcoming ESPN documentary “Silly Little Game” on the history and growth of the fantasy sports industry will be filming at the FSTA conference in Chicago next week. (Obviously, they heard that FSB.com will be there.)

– The International Cricket Council announced a deal by which STATS becomes the “official data partner” for the governing body of cricket.

– This writeup in The New York Times tells us not only that participants in fantasy golf leagues spend just as much time yelling at the TV and lamenting bad streaks as those who play other fantasy sports, but also that there’s a whole set of frustrations specific to the links.

– New Jersey governor Jon Corzine says he doesn’t think it’s fair that the federal ban on sports gambling applies to some states and not others. His state, of course, appears on the “not” list.

– The new fantasy college football season is also in full swing over at FantasyCollegeBlitz.com.

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FSB Daily 6/3: Athlon, FootballHangout.com, Trading Etiquette

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page:

– Athlon has “officially” kicked off it’s 2009 college football coverage, including the first year of its incorporation of U-Sports.

– Brian Moore, owner of FootballHangout.com is looking to sell his site.

– RotoWire’s Chris Liss presents the rules for proper etiquette in the fantasy trade market: (1) Make an offer. Don’t ask, “What do you want for … ?” (2) Respond in a timely fashion to reasonable offers. (3) Don’t try to rob the other owner. (4) Try to skip the snark when responding to ridiculous offers. (5) After a successful deal, bit your trading partner good luck. (I don’t know about you, but I and my leaguemates aren’t nearly this courteous.)

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